After following the trail Blackstone and Lionheart found the warewolf. Blackstone upon seeing the beast recognized that it ascended to a hellhound.
The hellound was feasting on a deer corpse the heat from his mouth roasting the meat with every bite this was normal for fallen but something else was off. The hellhound had a circleler emblem adorned with gems in the pattern of a six pointed star in his hand.
" wait what's in his hand" Blackstone asked himself as he observed the wolf from a distance behind the foliage.
Lionheart's blood was boiling with rage all he could remember while looking at the beast was his soldiers screams for mercy. He grabbed Blackstones rifle and took aim" give me the word Blackstone and I'll shoot you can handle him up close I'll cover you from here"
Blackstone held the the rifle by its barrel and lowered it " wait when i attack only shot if things are getting dire alright"
Lionheart nod his head in agreement. They both released that if the hellhound caught sight of Lionheart he would be kill before Blackstone could could save him.
Blackstone not wasting anytime jumped out the bushes while throwing a bottle of highly dangerous posion at the hellhound. The bottle braking on impact with its back spilling the posion all over the hellhound's body infecting him and searing into it's skin.
The hellhound was enraged by the pain the posion caused. It's eye darted around looking for what attacked him but he wasn't able to smell or see anyone the potion the duo took earlier was working wonders.
Taking advantage of this Blackstone hacked into the hellhound's leg. His clever got stuck in it's flesh.
Not able to pull the clever out of the hellhound leg he let go and dash back narrowly avoiding it's claw slashing at him .
The hellhound realizing that what ever was attacking it was masking his its presence decided to that it would be easier to just destroy everything in the surrounding area.
It took a deep breath it's body began combustion into flames radiating so much heat that it boiled both Blackstone and Lionheart's blood causes Lionheart to scream in pain and disrupting the invisibility potions make the duo now easily detected.
The wolf finally seeing the dou uttered " so you decided to show your face" Blackstone was shocked to hear it speak in the thirty years he's hunted he's never heard a fallen speak before.
Blackstone screamed "LIONHEART RUN!!!"
The hellhound immediately released it's breath causing a shock wave of flames. Incinerating every thing in a 50 kilometers radius.
Leaving Blackstone with severe burns and Reducing Lionheart to ash.
Blackstone was disoriented his blood was still boiling causing him to vomit blood and bleed from his nose. The hellhound slowly walked towards him will a devilish grin on its face. "Ahhh,your still alive, you must be one of those hunters, quite pitiful really I thought your kind would be strong but of course this is all you human have to offer " the hellhound said with a look of disappointment his tone giving of a sense of superiority.
The closer the hellhound got to Blackstone the more his blood boiled not able to take any more he whispered under his breath with the little strength he had left " water arcana burst of the accent flood"
Ah burst of water rushed from Blackstone mouth pushing both him and the hellhound faraway from each other buy him some time.
Blackstone grabbed a healing potion from his bag chugging it as he ran away trying to buy some more time.
The hellhound while being pushed back by the water grabbed onto a tree then leaped forward jumping from tree to tree as chased Blackstone down.
As the hellhound made his way closer Blackstone grabbed a smoke bomb from his bag throwing it at the hellhound but it was smart enough to slap it away the dive at Blackstone tackling him to the ground.
" you really think you could escape from me with your cheap trick" the hellhound said as held Blackstone down with on claw.
" To be honest with you I never expected you to be so cunning and since I can't escape how both we have little dance you mangy mutt air arcana gayle burst " Blackstone shouted as a burst of wind knocked the hellhound back into a tree.
Blackstone jumped to his feet and pulled out three dagger from his back pocket throwing them at the hellhound before it had any time to dogded.
The daggers burst into flames upon contact with the hellhound the heat from its body created a barrier incinerating anything that comes in contact with it.
" oh fuck of course that didn't work" Blackstone was sick and tired of this back and forth he shouted " water arcana deep sea prison" as a gaint bubble of water surrounded the hellhound it extrem body heat causing it to boil
Blackstone reached his hand out his eyes glowing orange and his voice echo as he spoke " thunder arcana wrath of thousand storm" a barrage of lightning bolts radiated from his hand shocking the water electrocuting hellhound cussing it to scream in pain leaving it barley able to move.
Blackstone fell on his ass barely able to stand up he continued to vomit blood.
His organ were slightly damaged from the hellhounds radiation.
Blackstone was ready to kill the hellhound he was going to question it about why it could talk but after what just happened he didn't want to risk it buying itself time to find a way to escape.
Blackstone pulled a Pistols from his waist ready to fire it directly through the hellhounds eye but before he could fire the hellhound crushed the emblem in his hand and screamed " BREAK THE SEAL AND USE MY BODY AS TRIBUTE"
A golden dagger was thrown by a hooded figure from the top of one of the surrounding trees stabbing the hellhound in the chest.
The dagger began to glow as red glowing roots burst from the hellhounds body twisting around itself until it formed what looked like winding branches coming together in the shape of a dead tree with a fruit shaped like lotus emanating a dark red and black flame hanging from one of it's branches.
" what the hell is this" Blackstone replied looking at the tree in astonishment completely confused on what was going on.
Then the hooded figure dashed towards the tree, grabbed the fruits and ran away.
Blackstone sprang to his feet shouting " WAIT STOP RIGHT THERE"
The hooded figure was too fast to follow so instead of directle chasing after it Blackstone decided to use another invisibility potions and homing crystal.
The hooded figure ran until it reached a clearing were an army of fallen of different types all gathered to gather.
Blackstone after following the hooded figure watch from a distance as the hooded figure discarded the hood reveling there pale humanoid bat like figure It was a vampire.
" what the hell there an army of them but why I never seen them gather in groups this large before" Blackstone said to himself confused on this strange behavior first one talked and now this something was wrong extremely wrong.
The vampire carried the fruit to the center of the crowd of fallen and began to speak " brothers and sisters long have we been locked out of the city's of man by those pesky barriers of fogs, burning us to Ash before we could feast upon there flesh and satisfy our hunger, but now thanks to the sacrifice of our brother infecting him self with the blood mist virus from the emblem of rh and laying his life down to bloom is fruit we will be able to break through and lay there city's to waste"
The crowd of fallen all cheered as another warewolf and a ghouls walk up to the vampire from the crowd they each broke of part of the fruit and consumed it.
Then roots burst out of there bodies blood spilling blood all over the crowd as they rapped and twisted around the three fallen.
The three fallen scream as there bodies brook and reformed completely changing the form into something Eldridge in nature.
The vampire sprouted two extra wing witch it used to rap around itself like A cloak, it gain four more eye all pitch black, it's head was adorned with a head peice made of roots all jotting outwards like spikes and it body grew from 6 to 10 feet tall .
The warewolf furr changed from gray to white, it gained an extra pair of red glowing eyes , it stood up straight like a man with four arms, two legs, a snake as a tail rapping around its neck like a scarf and it grew from 7 to 12 feet tall.
The ghoul had the strangest transformation it merely turned into a flesh covered egg.
The newly transformed vampire picked up the egg holding it up like a father holding a new born " hhaaa my brother it seems your transformation will go even further when you hatch I'm shore your form will be magnificent buy until then rest" the vampire said before he held the egg close covering it with his wings.
Blackstone stone from a distance watched in horror he never seen nothing like this before he didn't know exactly what was going on but hearing that they could now break the mist barriers sent a chill down his spine he knelt down and began paying hoping that this was all a bad dream.
The vampire began speaking again " from now on brothers you shall refer to us as the imperial and we shall be the one's who lead you as your kings now join us a we celebrate our Ascension by reducing the city of Regalia to a bloody mess".
Blackstone upon hear there words froze in fear for a second he remembered his wife and daughter who were both still at the shop in Regalia.
He immediately began running back to Regalia the army of fallen rushing past not noticing him thanks to the invisibility potion he took earlier. The fallen were all far faster than him reaching the city barriers within minutes leaving Blackstone in the forest trying to make his way to the city as quick as possible.
At the barrier the vampire Imperial held out this hand as roots burst out from his entire arm surrounding the barrier before bursting into black and red flames burning the mist barrier away leaving the city completely vulnerable.
" now my brethren feast,satisfy your hunger and ascended to your form" the vampire Imperial announced as he pointed towards the city.
The arm of fallen ravage the city destroying buildings and staining the remains of the city with the blood of its people leaving it in ruins.
Blackstone arrived at the city after it's distraction his invisibility potion running out by the time he entered the city.
He immediately rushed towards the remained of his shop hiding behind the rubble to avoid the remaining fallen as he made his way to his wife and daughter.
Finally reaching the shop all he could see was rubble " no no no they've got to be hear some were" Blackstone whispered under his breath as he began digging through the rubble until he found the body of his wife lifeless with her guts splatter under the rubble.
Blackstone was devastated tears running down his check while he grabbed his mouth unable to cry out loud since that would alert the other fallen all he could do was wipe his tears and search for his daughter.
After clearing some more rubble Blackstone located a trap door that lead to the cellar.
Entering the cellar he found his daughter curled up in a corner he walked towards his daughter telling her "everything is going to be ok".
But as he approached her a large shadow formed behind him as a long skinny arm stabbed him in his back exiting through his abdomen blood leaking out his mouth as everything went dark.
Blackstone laid his wife down then began looking for his daughter clearing some more rubble he saw a trap door leading to the store cellar.
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